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All-New, All-Different Avengers Landing in May!
Not much to report here, but its worth mentioning because so many of you are excited for Avengers: Age of Ultron. It seems that Marvel will be launching a brand new team of Avengers once Jonathan Hickman ends his epic run on the flagship team and begins his yearlong saga with “Secret Wars.”
It’s hard to imagine who or what will provide the impetus for creating this all new team, but if we look back to 1975 when Marvel launched the All New All Different X-Men, we had a multicultural team for the very first time. That’s when Wolverine, Colossus, Storm, and Nightcrawler joined the fray. Now, I can’t imagine we’ll get an assortment of all new characters because there needs to be some symmetry between the film universe and the comics.
Now don’t read on if you don’t want to know possible details about Age of Ultron’s ending. But the rumor is… You’ve been warned!
The original Avengers are in pretty bad shape by the end of the film. This is being called The Empire Strikes Back of superhero movies, but the movie ends with Captain America founding an all new supergroup comprised of Black Panther, Ms. Marvel, Doctor Strange, Quicksilver, and Scarlett Witch. I’m sure they’ll be a few surprises, but I would imagine May 2015 isn’t a bad time to bring the next phase of movie superheroes to the forefront of their biggest titles on the stands.
Chances are good we’ll know the creative team, and a lot more details by this time next month.
Comics
‘Curse of the Where Wolf’ Bites Into August Release With Trio of Werewolf Theatrical Screenings [Exclusive Preview]
Larry Chaney‘s hairy misadventures are continuing in the sequel graphic novel Curse of the Where Wolf from creative team Rob Saucedo, Debora Lancianese, and Jack Morelli, and its author is celebrating with a trio of horror’s greatest werewolf films.
The Curse of the Where Wolf hits shelves on August 7 from Encyclopocalypse Publications.
That coincides with the launch of a theatrical screening event in Houston, Texas, featuring a trio of seminal werewolf flicks turning 45 this year: The Howling on August 7, Wolfen on August 14, and An American Werewolf in London on August 21.
Each screening features a “werewolf in film” presentation as well as a book signing from Where Wolf author and River Oaks Theatre artistic director Rob Saucedo.
In the new graphic novel, “Being a werewolf sucks. Reporter Larry Chaney wanted to be a hero. Instead, he became a werewolf. Now, caught between incredible new powers and a desire to eat everything (and everyone) in sight, Larry must find a cure for his curse. Or die trying.”
“With Where Wolf, I wanted to tell a whodunit set in a furry convention, so the story was pretty contained within a very specific setting and genre. With Curse of the Where Wolf, I wanted to celebrate everything I love about the possibility of comic books. Curse of the Where Wolf is a funny book, in every sense of the phrase, but it’s also an earnest look at a person’s struggle to become a better version of themselves, especially when the alternative is to become a literal monster,” Saucedo says of Curse.
The original graphic novel was previously serialized as the first webcomic hosted on Fangoria before being collected by Encyclopocalypse Publications in 2023 and has already been optioned for film, podcast, and television development ahead of launch by producers James Fino (“The Freak Brothers” for Tubi, “Rick and Morty” for Adult Swim) and Charles Horak (First Date for Magnolia Pictures).
Expect Larry to find himself in even weirder situations in the 362-page full color sequel; Saucedo has provided Bloody Disgusting with exclusive art pages from the upcoming graphic novel that showcase lupine humor.
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